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Outhouse Editor

still could, but now you have to pay for it - last week they were free! to review group members who were unable to obtain one. There were three copies up for grabs. Amlah gave one away and no one bit on the other two. We even mentioned it several times and had a last call on saturday - i didn't even take care of what HOJ had done behind the scenes until Monday - so conceivably there was a two day reprieve on the deadline as set forth... now it is too late and I don't feel generous. :p

still could, but now you have to pay for it - last week they were free! to review group members who were unable to obtain one. There were three copies up for grabs. Amlah gave one away and no one bit on the other two. We even mentioned it several times and had a last call on saturday - i didn't even take care of what HOJ had done behind the scenes until Monday - so conceivably there was a two day reprieve on the deadline as set forth... now it is too late and I don't feel generous. :p

Rain Partier

PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

Rain Partier

PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

Review Grouper

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

Review Grouper

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

Podcaster

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

In my case, I'm unemployed, so I have to be very conscious of what I can afford to buy and what I can't.

Podcaster

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

In my case, I'm unemployed, so I have to be very conscious of what I can afford to buy and what I can't.

Staff Writer

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

I'm sorry but if I don't like a book the first time and it's still the same writer on that book, I'm not shelling out 5 dollars to be dissapointed again.

Staff Writer

Spicy Dick wrote:PS I paid almost $5 for this sǐ pì yǎn X-Men book, because the point of a review group is participation. Between the people who only want to review what they like, and the people who bitch about other people's picks, this is just about becoming the lamest review group ever.

I'm sorry but if I don't like a book the first time and it's still the same writer on that book, I'm not shelling out 5 dollars to be dissapointed again.

OMCTO

I'd love to review every single book we do. It's not a bias thing. It's an I never go to the comic shop and only get my comics once a month thing. AND my comic shop kinda isn't very good at having obscure stuff (or even technically the stuff they know I'm going to order, which makes me kinda question why I don't just switch to DCBS, but I have some weird loyalty). If I were to give up on this loyalty, I would find my comic buying experience cheaper, easier and faster, but that's the kind of guy I am. I've shopped at the same place for 20 years, and moving an hour away from it hasn't stopped me from continuing to do so... yet.

In any case, if someone has a copy of Kill Shakespeare, I will pay you for it.

OMCTO

I'd love to review every single book we do. It's not a bias thing. It's an I never go to the comic shop and only get my comics once a month thing. AND my comic shop kinda isn't very good at having obscure stuff (or even technically the stuff they know I'm going to order, which makes me kinda question why I don't just switch to DCBS, but I have some weird loyalty). If I were to give up on this loyalty, I would find my comic buying experience cheaper, easier and faster, but that's the kind of guy I am. I've shopped at the same place for 20 years, and moving an hour away from it hasn't stopped me from continuing to do so... yet.

In any case, if someone has a copy of Kill Shakespeare, I will pay you for it.

"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Good-bye.."

Outhouse Editor

No Twiggs For Terror wrote:I'd love to review every single book we do. It's not a bias thing. It's an I never go to the comic shop and only get my comics once a month thing. AND my comic shop kinda isn't very good at having obscure stuff (or even technically the stuff they know I'm going to order, which makes me kinda question why I don't just switch to DCBS, but I have some weird loyalty). If I were to give up on this loyalty, I would find my comic buying experience cheaper, easier and faster, but that's the kind of guy I am. I've shopped at the same place for 20 years, and moving an hour away from it hasn't stopped me from continuing to do so... yet.

In any case, if someone has a copy of Kill Shakespeare, I will pay you for it.

Outhouse Editor

No Twiggs For Terror wrote:I'd love to review every single book we do. It's not a bias thing. It's an I never go to the comic shop and only get my comics once a month thing. AND my comic shop kinda isn't very good at having obscure stuff (or even technically the stuff they know I'm going to order, which makes me kinda question why I don't just switch to DCBS, but I have some weird loyalty). If I were to give up on this loyalty, I would find my comic buying experience cheaper, easier and faster, but that's the kind of guy I am. I've shopped at the same place for 20 years, and moving an hour away from it hasn't stopped me from continuing to do so... yet.

In any case, if someone has a copy of Kill Shakespeare, I will pay you for it.

Review Grouper

X-MEN FOREVER ANNUAL #1This was an okay, not a big X-Men fan so that is saying a lot. I did really enjoy the art though and I thought the coloring was great. I guess this is a story which takes place prior to where the book currently is which is weird considering this whole series takes place in the past or whatever. Anyways it is the story of the beginning of Jean and Logan's secret romance and ninjas!
My main complaint is Claremont's over usage of thought bubbles having to spell out every little detail of the plot but it still reads okay I guess. It was about as good as the last X-Men Forever book we reviewed, in the end it is just not my thing but that could be more of a me refusing to get involved in anything X-Men oriented. I would write more but I didn't love this enough to gush and I didn't hate it enough to tear it apart.
STORY - 5.5

Review Grouper

X-MEN FOREVER ANNUAL #1This was an okay, not a big X-Men fan so that is saying a lot. I did really enjoy the art though and I thought the coloring was great. I guess this is a story which takes place prior to where the book currently is which is weird considering this whole series takes place in the past or whatever. Anyways it is the story of the beginning of Jean and Logan's secret romance and ninjas!
My main complaint is Claremont's over usage of thought bubbles having to spell out every little detail of the plot but it still reads okay I guess. It was about as good as the last X-Men Forever book we reviewed, in the end it is just not my thing but that could be more of a me refusing to get involved in anything X-Men oriented. I would write more but I didn't love this enough to gush and I didn't hate it enough to tear it apart.
STORY - 5.5

OMCTO

I like thought bubbles. I feel the lack of them is not using the medium of comics to its fullest potential. Here's what Claremont had to say on the matter in our interview with him:

The difference between comics in the twenty-first century and comics when I was originally writing is that, when Stan (Lee) was publisher, when Roy (Thomas) was Editor, when Archie (Goodwin) was editor, this was very much a literary medium, where the relationships and the structure were derived much more from publishing. Now it's perceived as akin to a video medium, and the attitudes and the structures are derived from TV series. That's part of the rationale behind the disapproval of captions and, to a large extent, of thought balloons. You don't have thought balloons or captions in movies or on TV. Therefore, we should not have them in comics because our model is theoretically the teleplay or the film script. That's the structural reality that we within the business face.

OMCTO

I like thought bubbles. I feel the lack of them is not using the medium of comics to its fullest potential. Here's what Claremont had to say on the matter in our interview with him:

The difference between comics in the twenty-first century and comics when I was originally writing is that, when Stan (Lee) was publisher, when Roy (Thomas) was Editor, when Archie (Goodwin) was editor, this was very much a literary medium, where the relationships and the structure were derived much more from publishing. Now it's perceived as akin to a video medium, and the attitudes and the structures are derived from TV series. That's part of the rationale behind the disapproval of captions and, to a large extent, of thought balloons. You don't have thought balloons or captions in movies or on TV. Therefore, we should not have them in comics because our model is theoretically the teleplay or the film script. That's the structural reality that we within the business face.